What do you think, @bensharpeningcharacter? What exactly is it that prompts the statement in your request, “[No] image modifications please!”?
it sat “thinking” for quite a while and when it finally finished, nothing appeared! 🙂 I blamed the photos . . .
@frazer-family, I have had this happen to me too. I thought it was my slow Internet. So I now attach 2 at a time, wait for them to upload, then edit the reply and attach two more, etc. This has worked well for me.